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Friday, February 21, 2014

On the night of June 5, 2012, as it became apparent that Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker would fend off a $22 million recall effort lodged
against him, dejected MSNBC host Ed Schultz found a silver lining for liberals: “Scott Walker could very well be indicted in the coming days.”

The following March, a nearly three-year secretive investigation was closed, without any charges filed against Walker.

Walker became a leading hate figure among the American left for
having the temerity to challenge public sector unions as part of his
efforts to avert a budget crisis. Over time, his reforms gained
popularity, and liberal efforts to stop him failed in the courtroom and
at the ballot box.

This year, Walker faces re-election, and
should he win, his clout with the conservative base, coupled with his
successes in a traditionally Democratic state, could make him a
formidable presidential candidate in 2016. Thus, it’s even more
imperative for liberals that he be stopped.

On Feb. 19 there was collective euphoria amid the release of 28,000
emails and other documents related to the expired secretive
investigation, which had led to the indictment and conviction of six
former aides and allies to Walker when he served as Milwaukee County
executive.

Given that investigators who had access to these documents for years
and heard testimony from hundreds of witnesses found no wrongdoing by
Walker, it was unsurprising that the document release turned out to be a
dud.

Of course, this didn’t prevent headlines attempting to create the
specter of scandal surrounding Walker where there is no evidence of one.

“Scott Walker, eyeing 2016, faces fallout from probes as ex-aide's e-mails are released,” read the
Washington Post headline. The Huffington Post reported on an email
finding that as county executive he had ordered the firing of a
government-paid doctor who had worked as a thong model. And BuzzFeed wrote about racist emails
forwarded by former Walker staffers even though there was no evidence
that Walker even was aware of the emails. But hey, it allowed BuzzFeed
to get the keywords “Scott Walker” and “racist” in a single headline.

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